mood

noun

1. 1

   a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

   whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time

   he was in a bad humor

2. 2

   verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

3. 3

   the prevailing psychological state

   the climate of opinion

   the national mood had changed radically since the last election